Juliane Kippenberg

Important investigation into Venezuelan gold mined under abusive conditions, and how it can reach the global gold market:

Deutschland: Gesetzesentwurf zur Grundsicherung untergräbt Recht auf soziale Sicherheit Reform dürfte Kinderarmut und Armut bei Alleinerziehenden verschärfen Photo: Zwei Frauen auf dem Weg in ein Jobcenter in Berlin, Deutschland, 25. Juni 2025 © 2025 Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images

Deutschland: Gesetzesentwurf zur Grundsicherung untergräbt Recht auf soziale Sicherheit

Reform dürfte Kinderarmut und Armut bei Alleinerziehenden verschärfen

Weiterlesen: www.hrw.org/de/news/2026...

Two women visit a Jobcenter in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2025 © 2025 Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images

The German government’s social security bill has its second reading in the Bundestag today. The plans run counter to Germany’s human rights obligations, and will leave more people, including children in low-income families and single mothers, at risk of poverty.
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A Small Change in Egypt’s Tax Code, A Big Opportunity for Rights In an overdue but welcome step, Egypt’s Ministry of Finance has published data showing state owned enterprises, following 2024 tax reforms to remove their tax exemptions, contributed 67 billion pounds...

A Small Change in Egypt’s Tax Code, A Big Opportunity for Rights www.hrw.org/news/2026/02... My colleague @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social & I write on the gov't announcement that billions were generated in tax revenue from previously exempted military-owned enterprises long-shielded from scrutiny.

Europa verteidigt das Völkerrecht nur halbherzig Gerade in Konfliktsituationen, wie den eskalierenden Feindseligkeiten im Nahen Osten, müssen Regierungen, die sich dem Völkerrecht verpflichtet sehen, bereit sein, dieses auch zu verteidigen.

Wer Prinzipien nur verteidigt, wenn es nichts kostet, hat keine.

Gemeinsam mit Aisling Reidy und @philippedam.bsky.social habe ich aufgeschrieben, was wir von der heuchlerischen Doppelmoral Europas bei der Verteidigung des Völkerrechts halten. Spoiler: Nicht viel.

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Wer denkt, dass es bei Sorgfaltspflicht in Lieferketten nur um Bürokratie geht, sollte diesen Fall ansehen. Es geht um Menschenleben und nicht weniger.

The Impact of Due Diligence Legislation Three years after the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) came into force, it is worth asking about its impacts: Is the law helping to prevent human rights violations along global supply chai...

The German supply chains law has improved human rights. So why weaken it, as the German government is planning to??

Good to see new @Germanwatch @Misereor report on the impact of Due Diligence Legislation: www.germanwatch.org/en/93384

Children Affected by Ethiopia Mine Pollution Need Justice People living near Lega Dembi gold mine in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have for years complained about serious health impacts, including children born with long-term health conditions, miscarriages, and ...

Today, the UN Child Rights Committee meets to review the situation of children in Ethiopia. Here are our recommendations to the Committee to protect the environmental health rights of children living near the country's largest gold mine, Lega Dembi:
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The Need for Progress on Justice and Reparations On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassi...

Did you know that a historic case is being pursued in a Belgian court seeking individual criminal responsibility for colonial crimes in the court of a former colonial power?

The court's decision on whether to pursue a criminal trial is expected on March 17.

Learn more: www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

Children Affected by Ethiopia Mine Pollution Need Justice People living near Lega Dembi gold mine in Ethiopia’s Oromia region have for years complained about serious health impacts, including children born with long-term health conditions, miscarriages, and ...

Children living near Ethiopia's largest gold mine have been exposed to toxic pollution. Next week, the UN Child Rights Committee, at its Ethiopia session, should push for the mine's suspension and an independent assessment.
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The World Needs Stronger UN, Not Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’ The United States played a leading role in establishing the UN. Now, US President Donald Trump is undermining and defunding large parts of it.

My latest for @hrw.org: - The UN has problems but it’s better than a global Politburo of leaders of abusive governments. Rather than paying billions to join #Trump’s "Board of Peace", states shld strengthen the UN’s ability to uphold human rights.

The Board charter doesn't mention human rights🫤

A Fairer Tax System is a Global Human Rights Imperative [Sarah Saadoun is a senior advisor on economic inequality at Human Rights Watch] Diplomats from dozens of countries gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, in November for a new round of negotiations on a Unit…

While many face abysmal public services + tax hikes, huge companies & the uber-rich game a tax system designed 100 yrs ago. My new oped in @opiniojuris.bsky.social on why the first-ever UN tax treaty is a historic chance for public budgets that can fund human rights opiniojuris.org/2026/01/13/a...

US Retreat from Global Climate Cooperation Threatens Rights The Trump administration this week announced its intention to withdraw the United States from over 60 international organizations, conventions, and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Con...

US retreat from global climate cooperation threatens human rights.
Withdrawing from international climate agreements & institutions, such as the UNFCCC and the IPCC weakens global efforts to limit emissions, share scientific knowledge, and respond to climate impacts.
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Will Governments Move to Address Mining Abuses? When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers of dead fish and the water had a strange smell, he told a journalist. The c...

Last week's UN Environment Assembly fell short of supporting an ambitious proposal by the Colombian government. But binding rules for mining & mineral supply chains are needed. www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

EU: Flagship Corporate Accountability Law Suffers Big Losses The European Parliament’s approval on December 16, 2025, of final amendments watering down the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law severely undermines the EU’s ability to hold businesses’ accou...

Yesterday, the EU parliament sold out to corporate interests and gutted its flagship corporate accountability law.

A tragic day for human rights, environment, and the credibility of the EU.

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EU: Lieferkettengesetz erleidet enorme Rückschläge Mit der Zustimmung zu den endgültigen Änderungen am wegweisenden Gesetz der Europäischen Union zu unternehmerischer Rechenschaftspflicht in Lieferketten hat das Europäische Parlament den Geltungsberei...

Die EU knickt angesichts der aggressiven Einflussnahme der Industrie - insbesondere der Fossilindustrie - ein und verabschiedet ein stark ausgehöhltes Lieferkettengesetz.

Wo bleiben Menschenrechte, Umwelt und die Werte der EU?

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8 months of intense corporate lobbying, untransparent processes and foreign interference lead to the adoption of a gutted #CSDDD.

✊But a due diligence obligation remains and even if weaker, #Victims will still demand #Justice for #HumanRights abuses.

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Today is the start of the UN Environment Assembly, where States will consider the Colombian proposal for a treaty, and in the immediate, a working group.

This is a bold initiative that deserves support from all govts!

Mineral extraction should not happen at the cost of people and planet.

Governments meeting at the UN Environment Assembly this week should support Colombia’s initiative for a binding minerals treaty. #UNEA7

Trilogverhandlungen zum Omnibus-I-Paket: Scharfe Abschwächungen der CSDDD – unter Einfluss fossiler Großkonzerne - Initiative Lieferkettengesetz Berlin, 09.12.2025 | Heute wurden die Trilogverhandlungen zum Omnibus-I-Paket abgeschlossen. Vertreter*innen des Europäischen Parlaments, der EU-Kommission und des EU-Rats haben einen finalen Kompromi...

🚨 Trilogabschluss: Massive Abschwächung der #CSDDD - unter Einfluss fossiler Großkonzerne

Unser Pressestatement⬇️

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🚨Omnibus I Political agreement

Early this morning, EU institutions reached a political agreement that marks a turning point:
👉 The first rollback of an adopted due diligence law in history
👉 The first major file pushed through via an EPP–far right alliance
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Today is the start of the UN Environment Assembly, where States will consider the Colombian proposal for a treaty, and in the immediate, a working group.

This is a bold initiative that deserves support from all govts!

Bundeskanzler Merz in Israel: Ein Test für Deutschlands Glaubwürdigkeit Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz reist am 6. Dezember nach Israel und trifft dort unter anderem Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu. Netanjahu wird vom Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) wegen Kriegs...

Mit Friedrich Merz trifft erstmals ein 🇩🇪 Bundeskanzler eine Person - Benjamin Netanjahu -, die vom IStGH wegen Kriegsverbrechen gesucht wird. Das gefährdet Deutschlands Glaubwürdigkeit in Fragen internationaler Gerechtigkeit.

Was die Bundesregierung stattdessen tun sollte: https://bit.ly/4iF6TUt

The Critical-Minerals Race Is Putting the Planet at Risk Johanna Sydow & Nsama Chikwanka warns that resource extraction is endangering vulnerable communities and fueling conflict worldwide.

Despite overwhelming evidence that ramping up mining threatens water supplies and public safety, governments are easing environmental rules to lure foreign investment. This is profoundly short-sighted, writes Johanna Sydow and Nsama Chikwanka. bit.ly/4oEeeVB

The Critical-Minerals Race Is Putting the Planet at Risk Johanna Sydow & Nsama Chikwanka warns that resource extraction is endangering vulnerable communities and fueling conflict worldwide.

Great piece by @johannasydow.bsky.social & Nsama Chikwanka on why the 7th UN Environment Assembly, starting TODAY, provides a opportunity for resource justice. #UNEA7

The Critical-Minerals Race Is Putting the Planet at Risk by Johanna Sydow, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/KdksPsn

Une opportunité de lutter contre les abus miniers à l'échelle mondiale Plus tôt cette année, Norbert Amoya, 29 ans, est allé chercher de l'eau dans une rivière du nord de la Zambie. Il y a découvert de nombreux poissons morts et l'eau avait une odeur étrange. Une catastr...

Aujourd'hui commence la 7eme session de l'Assemblée des Nations Unies pour l'environnement #UNEA7!

Nous appellons aux gouvernements de supporter une initiative colombienne pour un traité mondial sur le secteur minier + la création d'un groupe de travail de l’ONU.

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Today, governments come together in Nairobi for the UN Environment Assembly #UNEA7.

@hrw.org calls upon states to support the Colombian government initiative for a global binding minerals treaty, and its #UNEA7 resolution to set up a minerals working group.

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مع تزايد الطلب على المعادن، على الحكومات تبنّي معايير ملزِمة ضد الانتهاكات البيئية والحقوقية في هذا القطاع. https://bit.ly/440EguW

Proposal for global minerals deal meets opposition as China looks away Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia oppose a UN resolution for nations to start discussing options for a global minerals agreement

Negotiations around a proposal for a new treaty on minerals are tough. A live update from pre-negotiations of the UN Environment Assembly next week in Nairobi:

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...

Vorfahrt für Menschenrechte: Über den Arbeitskampf im Transportsektor - Initiative Lieferkettengesetz Ausstehende Löhne und Sozialleistungen, überlange Arbeitszeiten, Missachtung der geltenden Rechtslage, schlechte Hygienebedingungen, Vortäuschung falscher Tatsachen im Anwerbeprozess bis hin zu Anzeic...

Wer bringt eigentlich die Pakete, wenn 🦌 Ferien hat? Arbeiter*innen aus der ganzen Welt, die auf Containerschiffen und in LKWs ausgebeutet werden!

Ein Beispiel aus 🇩🇪 zeigt: Das #LkSG kann Abhilfe schaffen.
➡️Fallbeispiel 10: Massive Ausbeutung im TRANSPORT

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